The Wizard

Chapter 5 part 2

Igor felt very good since he met the girl. When he got home, for the first time he thought of useful things and did not feel the depression that took over him when he was there alone. That made him remember Ezequiel and the circumstances of his departure. He concluded that it was more than time to see if things were in their proper place, even against the will of the wizard who recommended that he did not return.

He went to the garden and opened a portal, but for security reasons he made the other side stay in the clearing where he destroyed the pumas. He passed to the canyon and closed the passage, starting the arduous walk to the cabin in a fast trot. The noises of the forest awakened him a certain nostalgia of the few days he spent there. With these thoughts, Igor arrived without realizing the time. The first thing he noticed was that the cabin was empty, but he would not know how long. He saw the secret message at the entrance and knew there was nothing to worry about.

The marks of the confrontation disappeared and he was left wondering what happened to the creature, but he imagined that it must have fled or been destroyed by the dragon. He opened a portal back home right there and went to dinner.

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The next day, in one of the classes, one that Igor did not share with Eduarda, he found Valdo by his side because he had failed the subject. Kindly, he nodded his head as a greeting and the other reciprocated.

At the exit, the young wizard went to the academic directory after having a water at the bar and, when he entered, saw one of the seniors mistreating the gay colleague, the same one who had attacked him on the street. Annoyed by that, he advanced in his direction without being noticed and, when the guy was going to hit another blow, he grabbed his wrist using only one of his hands while pushing Valdo away with the other, protecting him. Angry, he said:

"Dude, it's easy to be a macho man, but you need to be sure you can handle it. Being a man is not to act like a hottie and go around hitting people. That's being a jerk, a jerk to the extreme." As much as he tried, the antagonist could not move his arm a millimeter, starting to feel pain. "Your name is Jaime, right? Well, Jaime, let's make the following deal: I don't bust you up or report you to Office of the Vice President for Undergraduate Studies and you don't attack anyone else or try to force the girls, agreed?

"You son of a—" He did not finish the sentence and started screaming desperately, full of convulsions all over his body. Unable to bear the pain anymore, he shouted. "Sorry, forgive me. I obey, I swear, agreed."

Igor released him and the electric shocks passed.

"That's much better, isn't it?" Igor asked, always very calm. "Here's the warning: if you hit him again or mess with the girls, especially Eduarda, you're going to wake up with a mouth full of ants, got it?"

"Y... yes!" Jaime agreed, nervous and desperate.

"Great, we're agreed." Igor looked down, laughed and continued. "For God sake, dude, you pissed yourself! What a fake macho this one! Take a picture with your cell phone, Valdinho, the kids will need to see this!"

With his head down he left as quickly as possible and Igor looked at the other colleague, who was a little hurt on his lip and embarrassed because it was not common for someone to take his side and help him. After a few seconds they laughed and Igor said:

"You're hurt, friend. Let's go to the infirmary to fix that. But the excuse for the nurse you invent, ok?"

"Ok, thanks, Igor," he said, grateful. "It's not normal... I mean... someone to help me."

"Relax, dude. These clowns are only macho in five or six against one, but I think they won't bother you again and I have nothing against being your buddy. Let's go." Igor put his hand on his new friend's shoulder, accompanying him to the infirmary.